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Apocalypticism
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I. Definition of the Term as a Problem for the History of Religions – II. Old Testament – III. Jewish Apocalypticism – IV. New Testament – V. Church History – VI. Dogmatics – VII. Islam – VIII. Art History

I. Definition of the Term as a Problem for the History of Religions

As a phenomenon in the history of religions, apocalypticism represents a form of revealed communic…

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Hellholm, David, Kratz, Reinhard Gregor, Frankfurter, David, Dan, Joseph, Collins, Adela Yarbro, Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter, Sauter, Gerhard, Cook, Michael, Vondung, Klaus and Rowland, Christopher, “Apocalypticism”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 22 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00870>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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